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Permaculture Women's Guild @permaculturewomen.bsky.social · Jul 12

Heather Jo Flores, author/founder of #foodnotlawns inteviews #permaculture pioneer Rowe Morrow

#permaculturewomen #sustainability #gardening #earth #ecology #organic #gifteconomy 🌱 🌍
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Permaculture, the gift economy, and more: Heather Jo Flores interviews Rosemary Morrow

YouTube video by Heather Jo Flores

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K&Z @invitenaturehome.bsky.social · Jul 25

Tromboncino Squash! 💛

We are excited to try this new-to-us Squash variety! It can be used as a Summer or Winter Squash.

-Raw
-Seamed/ Baked/ Roasted/ Sauteed
-Soups
-Pasta
-Roast the Seeds
-Blossoms are Edible!

Enjoy! 💚

#invitenaturehome #foodnotlawns #gardensnotgrass #raisedbedgardening

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Food Not Lawns @foodnotlawns.bsky.social · Aug 8

#foodnotlawns @heatherjoflores.bsky.social

The Soggy Boggy Witch 🪻🌱🧹 🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸♿🏳️‍⚧️ @antidramallama.bsky.social · Jun 25

I did not know the author of Food Not Lawns is on here! I was so inspired by this book! When we bought our house in 2017, we knew we would xeriscape and grow native plants and FOOD. Over the years, we've slowly added more food beds.
Give a follow!
#Food IS #Community

@foodnotlawns.bsky.social

Year 2. Front bed got cleared and planted and the apple trees finally started really growing. We added in the wooden box for a strawberry bed. This was 2018.
A yellow house and its front lawn. A front garden bed is lined with a white mini picket fence and has many beautiful hardy flowers in it and is covered in red wood chips. A wooden garden bed has been set up in the middle between two newish apple trees. It also is covered in red wood chips and has its first few strawberry plants. That strawberry bed is very full today.

This year. We got a late start on planting but you can see we added more beds and pots and got rid of all grass.
There is river rock between several different sized garden beds. Wooden raised beds are front most and are on the driveway west side of the house. One of the apple trees is now large but the other never grew much.

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The Soggy Boggy Witch 🪻🌱🧹 🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸♿🏳️‍⚧️ @antidramallama.bsky.social · Jun 23

🌾 🌽🥔 🍅🧅🥕🫛🫑🥒 are ALL going to be scarce as well as 🥛🥚 🧈🍖🥓🥩🍗.
Take this seriously. If you CAN, slowly be stocking up on canned & frozen food. Bulk stuff is a better idea than ever.
And as always, if you CAN #growfood, you should!
#Community is critical right now. Grow together.
#Garden #FoodNotLawns

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Plant Based Bites @plantbasedbites.bsky.social · Jun 24

Lawns don’t feed communities, gardens do!
Neighbors just knocked our doors asking to pick fruit, they came empty bags in hand lol. Mangoes aren’t ready yet, but passion fruit is overflowing.

We can reimagine our yards, grow abundance, & share!

Plant food, not lawns!
#PlantBasedBites #FoodNotLawns

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Food Not Lawns @foodnotlawns.bsky.social · Jun 11

#foodnotlawns

Heather Jo Flores @heatherjoflores.bsky.social · Jun 3

This is one of many drawings I did for my online #permaculture courses. I have lots of FREE classes and a low-cost certificated Permaculture Design Course with no deadline and unlimited support! Come join! Find all the details at ecodesignhive.com

#foodnotlawns
#foodforest
#gardening

permaculture food forest drawing by Heather Jo Flores

Food Not Lawns @foodnotlawns.bsky.social · Jun 11

#foodnotlawns

Heather Jo Flores @heatherjoflores.bsky.social · Jun 3

How in the heck has it been almost 20 years since I wrote this #book?!? Well I just started a bluesky account for the topic, so please post your lawns-to-gardens stories and I will repost everything with the #foodnotlawns hashtag! 🌱

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Food Not Lawns @foodnotlawns.bsky.social · Jun 11

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Tracy Violet Witch, PhD @tracyvioletwitch.bsky.social · May 4

Hanging out at the Anti-Despair Earth Fair at Valley Park in Camp Washington until 3:30 with #FoodNotLawns and a lot of other amazing organizations! Come see us! #MutualAid #Cincinnati #EarthDay #FoodNotLawns

Me standing at the Food Not Lawns table.

Anti-Despair Earth Fair flyer.

Plant yourself in community. Meet with orgs, non-profits, businesses, and groups that work on: food sovereignty, environmental repair, land sovereignty and preservation, mutual aid, tree planting, earth-focused community planting, waste reduction, and community composting.

Valley Park, 3250 Colerain Ave, Camp Washington.

Food Not Lawns @foodnotlawns.bsky.social · Jun 11

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Hearthstone Tea Tasting @hearthstonetea.bsky.social · Apr 9

#foodnotlawns doesn't even have to be a formal garden. Spring brings all these plants growing wild in my yard for salads — and of course I dry them for tea!

Dandelions and dead nettle amongst other edible wildflowers.

Food Not Lawns @foodnotlawns.bsky.social · Jun 11

#foodnotlawns

OWhyTheHeckNot @owhythehecknot.bsky.social · Feb 12

A wee garden extravaganza...

Urban Garden Experiment
#zone9b #wyrdwytch #kitchenwitch #gardenwitch #growyourownfood #freshfood #kidsingardens #foodnotlawns #backyardgarden #sustainable #urbanagriculture #homegrown #organic #organicgardening #growwhatyoueat #preserving #canning

Food Not Lawns @foodnotlawns.bsky.social · Jun 11

#foodnotlawns

Poppers the Pony @poppersthepony.bsky.social · Feb 10

growing greens in the past, I was a sad aphid farmer. But a friend gave me this giant collard (and kales) so I’m having another go. My rhubarb has been chock full of aphids on and off for years & I just let her be.
#gardenconfessions
#growfood
#foodnotlawns

4’ tall collard plant on a hilly little yard.

Food Not Lawns @foodnotlawns.bsky.social · Jun 11

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Eliza Evans @wildorchardfarm.bsky.social · Jan 22

The kids are the ones that usually use this hammock hanging from the ceiling of our living room. But the last four nights I’ve read up here for an hour after dinner. Worm bin out of an old wooden nightstand! Cool idea! Dreaming about worm days ahead:) #foodnotlawns by H.C. Flores

Food Not Lawns @foodnotlawns.bsky.social · Jun 11

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Gnat Atherden 🩷💛💙 @gnatatherden.bsky.social · Dec 2

Loads of Lady Beetles on the Globe Artichokes this year
Released about 20 I got off 5 globes and that was after I thought I’d tapped them all off #ladybugs #ladybeetles #ladybirds #beneficialinsects #foodforest #minibeasts #catchandrelease #garden #homegrown #foodnotlawns

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Food Not Lawns @foodnotlawns.bsky.social · Jun 11

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Dr. Orna Izakson @orna.bsky.social · Nov 28

#Pawpaws from my #Portland #Oregon back yard last month. This tree is 21 years old.

#GardenMedicine #FoodForest #FoodNotLawns

Food Not Lawns @foodnotlawns.bsky.social · Jun 11

#foodnotlawns

Chris Tinney @christinney.bsky.social · Nov 18

#FoodNotLawns

#Gardening

Food Not Lawns @foodnotlawns.bsky.social · Jun 11

#foodnotlawns

Tracy Violet Witch, PhD @tracyvioletwitch.bsky.social · May 4

Hanging out at the Anti-Despair Earth Fair at Valley Park in Camp Washington until 3:30 with #FoodNotLawns and a lot of other amazing organizations! Come see us! #MutualAid #Cincinnati #EarthDay #FoodNotLawns

Food Not Lawns @foodnotlawns.bsky.social · Jun 3

Just created a Bluesky feed for all posts including #foodnotlawns! Let's go!

Pin the feed here:
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K&Z @invitenaturehome.bsky.social · Mar 18

Harvest 2024! 😋

Best part of #foodnotlawns is
Eating Fresh Food!
🍅🍓🥔🌶🫑🫛🧄

We freeze or dehydrate Everything.
Bonus: our Solar System powers the
Fridge, Freezer, & Dehydrator! 🌞⚡️💛

How can we Inspire You to start Growing? 🌱

#invitenaturehome
#foodnotlawns #gardensnotgrass
#harvest

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OWhyTheHeckNot @owhythehecknot.bsky.social · Feb 16

Small harvest before the rain.....

#zone9b #growyourownfood #urbangardenexperiment #freshfood #foodnotlawns #backyardgarden #floridaurbangarden #zone9bgardening #freshherbs #freshveggies #sustainable #urbanagriculture #homegrown #organic #organicgardening #growwhatyoueat

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Leslie Hope @lesliehope.bsky.social · Feb 7

Dandelions are beautiful, edible, & though not native to Turtle Island (North America), they also aren't invasive!
#flowers #nature #beautiful #dandelions #foodnotlawns #antilawns #dandelion #noninvasive #nonnative #wildflowers #yellow #yellowflowers #green #aesthetic #aesthetics

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Dr. Orna Izakson @orna.bsky.social · Nov 25

#Lemons in a reflective bowl on my back deck. They are so beautiful!

This is about a quarter of what I got from my friend’s tree a couple of weeks ago. The rest I’ve puréed and frozen for simple summer lemonade.

#FoodNotLawns #FoodForest #LemonLover #FoodAsMedicine

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Gutsy Broad @tiffanybh.bsky.social · Dec 24

In SoCal, we are still growing new peppers. Love this long season! #foodnotlawns #growingfoodisresistance #joyisresistance #backyardgarden #raisedbeds

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K&Z @invitenaturehome.bsky.social · Feb 24

Tomatoes! 🍅

(At least the beginnings!) 🤣
We start ours inside pretty early.

These are Baker Heirloom & San Marzano for slicing, roasting, freezing, sauces, soups, & eating Fresh!

Always, Solar Powered! 🌞⚡️💛

#invitenaturehome #tomatoes #seedstarting #foodnotlawns #gardensnotgrass
#victorygardens

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Amy Is Boring. @boring-fiction.bsky.social · May 28

Amateur hour in my #nolawns #foodnotlawns #wip The rose bush was a gift from my son and my concrete circle is here too. #cheddarisheretoo

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